Milan-San Remo's 1st Italian Winner

A record number of riders (104) started the 1909 edition of Milan-San Remo. Luigi Ganna, second place in 1908, set a record average speed beating Emile Georget (Fra) by 3 minutes and third placed Giovanni Cuniolo (Ita) by 18 minutes.

SPECIAL NOTE: 1909 was the first year that race officials allowed the change of bike for a mechanical problem.